WHO WILL BE SEMI(FINAL) TOUGH?: U.S. meets Canada in U-17 Concacaf Championship

BRADENTON, Fla. – After securing a berth to the 2019 FIFA Under-17 World Cup with a 3-0 win over Panama, the U.S. will set its sights on claiming the 2019 Concacaf U-17 Championship.

The Americans face Canada in a rematch of the teams’ tournament opener in the semifinals at IMG Academy at 5:30 p.m. ET Tuesday.

With a win, the U.S. would advance to its 10th confederation final at this age level.

In the first game between the two neighboring countries, the Americans rallied from a 2-0 halftime deficit for a 3-2 comeback victory.

Since its opener against Canada, the U.S. has not trailed and the team hasn’t allowed a goal in its last 306 minutes of play, winning five consecutive tournament games.

Canada finished second in Group F, defeating Curacao 4-0 in the Round of 16. In the quarterfinals, Canada drew 1-1 with Costa Rica, but saw off the Central American side on penalty kicks to book its first ticket to the U-17 World Cup since 2013.

The semifinal will be broadcast live at 5:30 p.m. ET on Univision Deportes Network and Concacaf Facebook. The match at IMG Academy will be open to the public.

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Front Row Soccer editor Michael Lewis has covered eight World Cups, seven Olympics and all 21 MLS Cups. He writes about New York City FC, New York Cosmos and the U.S. national team for Newsday and pens a soccer history column for the Guardian.com. Lewis, who has been honored by the Press Club of Long Island and National Soccer Coaches Association of America, is the former editor of BigAppleSoccer.com. He has written seven books about the beautiful game and has two more in the works, including one about the Rochester Lancers.